FDA-A.443-2015

Object number

FDA-A.443-2015

Object type

furnishings

Title

‘Floreat Etona' Painted Screen

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Polychrome and parcel-gilt embossed leather four-leaf screen; decorated with Tudor roses, Royal crown above ‘H VI' and the Eton lilies, three heraldic lions, within a later ribbed green painted wooden frame; restorations

Comments

Although this object was gifted to Eton College in 2014, a similar screen can be seen in a 1910 photograph of the interior of the Provost's Parlour (dining room).

Content (note)

Decoration includes the Eton motto 'Floreat Etona', lilies, heraldic lions, royal crown and 'HVI'. The back of the screen is covered with decorative mosaic wallpaper

Material

leather
paint
wood

Materials & techniques note

Reeded ebonised wooden framework

Physical description

Polychrome painted and parcel-gilt embossed leather four-leaf screen; each panel with a Crown above a Tudor armorial surmounted by Tudor roses above ‘H VI' and the Eton lilies, the second panel with Eton motto and coat-of-arms and lilies above Tudor roses, with a Royal Crown centred by a Tudor rose and ‘H VI', three heraldic lions, two white and one red flower within a later ribbed green painted wooden frame, the reverse with a mosaic pattern in black brown and gold on a paper ground; restorations and decoration refreshed

Date

19th century

Object history note

Provenance: Estate of Charlotte Deering McCormick; The Potomack Company, sale 57, Lot 626; from which sale purchased by Ben Goldsmith and Tobias Brown; by whom presented to Eton College in memory of Sir James Goldsmith in November 2014